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From: "Evelyn" <>
Subject: DISPLACED NEWFOUNDLANDER'S RECORDS
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 02:04:00 -0230


Hi Everyone;
The following information has been past on to me to be archived on the Newfoundland Grand Bank's Genealogy Site
and has requested that it may be posted to the lists by the generous Contributor, "Pamela Elkas", living in the U.S.A.

Thank you kindly Pamela. This is more than grately appreciated. Hopefully some Member may find a connection.

Thank You
Evelyn, on behalf of Pamela Elkas.

My great - great grandmother:
Annie ROSE baptized: April 30, 1882, Church of England, Burgeo, Newfoundland.
{Daughter of Samuel ROSE b. 1839 and Jane KEEPING b. 12/22/1845
Both born in Burgeo.

Annie Moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia and married:
James Gladstone Wesley FARMER on April 9, 1907, Church of England, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Had three daughters: Ivy, Maude and Gertrude.
Settled in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1920.
Annie nee Rose FARMER died in Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, MA, on March 13, 1925.
Buried: March 17, 1925, Westlawn Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Here is more information of the children of :
Samuel ROSE b. 1839 Burgeo, Nfld and Jane KEEPING b. 12/22/1845 Burgeo, Nfld.:

Martha Jane maiden name: Rose (Messervey) RUSSELL b. May 1875 Burgeo, Nfld.; d. June 9, 1964, 3648 Lynch Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Buried: Camp Hill Cemetery, Nova Scotia. married first: James Messervey b. May 31, 1869, Sandy Point, St. George, Nfld.; d. January 3, 1911, occurred in a mine in Northern Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Fatal Explosion.
Martha Jane and James were married: May 6, 1898, St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Sandy Point, Newfoundland.
James Messervey son of : Philip Messervey and Ann Renouf.
Martha Jane ROSE married second: Charles RUSSELL b. abt 1869 Nfld., died: June 11, 1943, 14 Hurd Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Buried: Camp Hill Cemetery, Nova Scotia

Martha Jane ROSE and James Messervey had six children:
1) William Messervey, b. August 1898 Sandy Point, Nfld. (No other information)
2) Edward Messervey, b. Oct. 1900, Sandy Point, Nfld.; d. November 15, 1975, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Nova Scotia. Edward did not marry
3) Theresa A. Messervey b. March 1903 Sandy Point, m. Albert Christensen. They lived in Sarnia, NS
4) Albert Cecil Messervey b.Sept. 1905 Sandy Point, Nfld.; d. April 26, 1991, 2641 Northwood Terrace, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. Albert first married: Emma Unknown, 2nd married: Beatrice Tanner
5) Samuel Messervey b. November 1908 Sandy Point, Nfld. (No other information)
6) Josephine Messervey b. July 1910 Sandy Point, Nfld., m. Cecil Smith. They lived in Toronto, Canada

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Lambert ROSE baptized: April 13, 1879, Burgeo, Nfld.; d. May 16, 1952,
73 Lorne Steet Cape Breton, North Sydney, Nova Scotia,
Buried: Lakeside Cemetery, Johnson Road, North Sydney CB. NS.
Lambert m. Mary Cora (Minnie) Chiasson b. November 1, 1886, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, d. October 1953, Cape Breton, North, Sydney, Nova Scotia. Buried: October 28, 1953, Lakeside Cemetery, Johnson Road, North Sydney CB. NS.
Mary Cora CHIASSON was the daughter of Isadore Chiasson and Harriett Vardy.
Lambert and Mary Cora were married: December 27, 1910, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, by Alfred S. ROGER.
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Marian (Minnie) maiden name Rose (Willard) CAMPBELL b. June 28, 1887 Burgeo, Nfld. , d. December 18, 1981, buried: December 21, 1981, Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Marian first married: William Harrison Willard (No information of William)
Marrian married 2nd: John R. Campbell b. abt. 1885, d. December 23, 1950, Halifax, NS, Buried: December 26, 1950, Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Children of Marian ROSE and William Harrison WILLARD:
1) Harrison Willard b. ? d. ? (resided in Jackson, New Jersey, USA)
2) Elsie May Willard b. abt. 1908 Codroy, Nfld, d. October 3, 1981, Victoria General Hospital, Nova Scotia.
Elsie May m. Rene LaHaise and had one daughter: Verna LaHaise who married Edward Cassista.

By Pamela Elkas

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